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A Ringtail On the Roof

By Charles Prokop September 6, 2021 Out & About, Uncategorized 2 Comments
A Ringtail On the Roof

While bringing in the hummingbird feeders at dusk I caught some movement in my peripheral vision and was surprised to see a Ringtail on the roof of our shed. I’d…

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Feral Cat Fridays: Limpy Larry Stumbles In

By Charles Prokop August 27, 2021 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: Limpy Larry Stumbles In

Limpy Larry hobbled out of the woods and into our clearing a few months after we last saw Larry. At first we thought Larry had returned from a long ramble,…

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Sunday Photos: New Generations

By Charles Prokop March 21, 2021 Out & About, Uncategorized 3 Comments
Sunday Photos: New Generations

Back in January I posted a photo of a mysterious farm machine on display in someone’s yard. I was going to Kerrville a few days ago and discovered this machine…

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Lucy In the Sky With Brisket

By Charles Prokop March 9, 2021 Out & About, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Lucy In the Sky With Brisket

Hill Country communities have always been home to good barbecue and creative small business. Lucy’s Barbecue in Lakehills, Texas proves that the pandemic hasn’t changed things. I’ve watched as Lucy’s…

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Sunday Photos: What The Roadrunner Saw

By Charles Prokop February 21, 2021 Out & About, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Sunday Photos: What The Roadrunner Saw

I took a lot of pictures of last week’s Hill Country snow, but most of them were just documenting a rare event. I thought this one had a little more…

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Feral Cat Fridays: A Snowy Interlude

By Charles Prokop February 19, 2021 Feral Fridays, Local Color, Out & About, Uncategorized 2 Comments
Feral Cat Fridays: A Snowy Interlude

I’m taking a break from feral cat updates to share a look at this week’s weather here in the Texas Hill Country. We awoke Monday to 4 inches of snow.…

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Cat Trapping 101: Practice Test

By Charles Prokop February 14, 2021 Feral Fridays, Uncategorized 3 Comments
Cat Trapping 101: Practice Test

Fate has a way of testing us all, and immediately after posting about cat trapping we had to put our skills to the test. The weather here in the Texas…

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Cedar Waxwing Season

By Charles Prokop January 27, 2021 Local Color, Out & About, Uncategorized 3 Comments
Cedar Waxwing Season

One of the few benefits of “Cedar Season” around here is the arrival of Cedar Waxwings. While the rest of us are sneezing and hacking due to pollen the Cedar…

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Life at the River Crossing

By Charles Prokop January 19, 2021 Out & About, Uncategorized 4 Comments
Life at the River Crossing

I’ve become fond of an egret that fishes from a low bridge over the Medina River, not far from my house. He (or she, who knows?) likes to perch on…

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He’s Dead Now …

By Charles Prokop December 30, 2020 Uncategorized 2 Comments
He’s Dead Now …

A while ago I was standing on the tee box with some buddies and punctuated a funny story about an old golfing acquaintance with “He’s dead now, but … .”…

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